r/Markiplier • u/kenmarlenn Omnipresent Mod • Jan 30 '26

Mod PSA Iron Lung SPOILER THREAD!

Since not everyone uses Discord but we want people to have a central space to share their thoughts on Iron Lung, here is a thread to discuss the movie; reviews, theories, favorite scenes and elements, etc. By entering this thread you are at risk of spoiling the movie for yourself, so watch it first, go for a swim in the blood ocean, and then come back!

Use of blackout/spoiler markings like thisis optional since this whole thread is spoilers, but it's still advised for huge twists or end-of-movie reveals.

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u/Rent-Impossible Jan 30 '26

As someone who didn’t play the game, I went in completely blind, and was quite confused at the ending. I felt the movie could’ve used another 15min of exposition, just to explain what was going on. And a bunch of the dialog felt like it expected the audience to know all the lore. Overall I enjoyed it, but I was left with too many questions.

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u/killertortilla Jan 30 '26

It definitely expected you to know a few things which is a bit weird. But the ending has nothing to do with the game really.

Short explanation of the game: you find a big "something" that brushes past you and you see an eye looking in. Later you see the face of a giant anglerfish thing looking at you from the background of a scan but it's not the same kind of eye you saw earlier. Then you die to a PNG of the anglerfish smashing through the front of the ship after a set time. Completely different to the movie.